Masahiro Tanaka and CC Sabathia both managed to play catch Monday, which the Yankees hope is good news for 2015.

Tanaka said he felt fine after returning to the mound for the first time since July on Sunday and Sabathia threw for the first time since undergoing a second stem-cell injection on his knee.

Sabathia said he plans on getting back on a mound before Thanksgiving, throw one mound session and then shut it down until closer to spring training. The lefty added he will report to Tampa in January to get an early start.

“I’ve been throwing a football a little bit,” said Sabathia, who will come to Yankee Stadium twice a week during the winter. “It feels good to come out here and not hide.”

Tanaka said he felt “normal soreness” following his 70-pitch outing in which he looked sharp against the Blue Jays.

The right-hander is scheduled to make another start in Boston Saturday, when he will throw 80-85 pitches.

“If I’m able to come out of these starts feeling good, that’s a positive,” Tanaka said through an interpreter.

Mark Teixeira got a third cortisone shot on his surgically repaired wrist on Sunday in hopes of returning Tuesday.

“This last week of the season, we’ll do whatever I can to stay out there and play every game,” Teixeira said before the Yankees’ 5-0 victory over the Orioles. “You never want to end the season ‘hurt.’ You want to finish the season, so if I play the last five or six games, it’s worth it.”

Teixeira remains hopeful he won’t continue to need cortisone shots going forward, but added he “never wants to say I’ll be 150-game player again because who knows? I know my wrist is going to be healthier and stronger next year.”

Unlike last season with Mariano Rivera, Joe Girardi said he doesn’t know how he’s going to handle Derek Jeter’s finale.

“It’s different with Derek, because you don’t know where he’s going to be at right now and the meaning of the game at that point,” Girardi said. “And not knowing if he’s going to want to be out there for every minute and every play. I’ve spent a little time thinking about it. I’ll wait and see how it goes.”

Jeter went 1-for-3 with three RBIs as the legendary shortstop kicked off his final regular-season series in The Bronx.

As for next season, Jeter definitively shot down the notion he’d be around at all, but Girardi isn’t so sure.

“I would hope he would show up to spring training,” Girardi said. “He doesn’t live too far away [in Tampa]. He’ll be busy, but I’m sure we’ll see him. He’ll try to do it in a situation where probably a lot of people don’t know he’s there. He kind of sneaks in, sneaks out. I’m sure we’ll see him.”

MLB commissioner Bud Selig is expected to be in The Bronx Tuesday as part of his farewell tour of major league ballparks.

The Yankees claimed outfielder Eury Perez off waivers from the Nationals and designated lefty reliever Josh Outman for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. Perez hit .310 in three minor league stops this season. He played 22 games with the Nationals in his career.